Body size and ecological diversification in a sister species pair of triplefin fishes

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-592

  Wellenreuther, Maren ^a   Syms, Craig ^b   Clements, Kendall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Body size; Competition; Courtship behaviour; Ecological diversification; Reproductive isolation; Tripterygiidae

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COURTSHIP; HYBRIDIZATION; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PISCES; RUANOHO; RUANOHO DECEMDIGITATUS; RUANOHO WHERO; TRIPTERYGIIDAE;

EID: 50849116755     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9183-7     Document Type: Article

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